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<blockquote data-quote="gedanate" data-source="post: 137451" data-attributes="member: 4536"><p>Absolutely spot on! It is a Barrett "screwdriver" type HF antenna, made in the UK. It makes the antenna resonate (tune) anywhere between 1.6 MHz and 30MHz. The radios are normally more than $4000 new and have to be licensed by the ACMA, who will issue you with a radio call-sign. They are NOT ham (Amateur Radio) or CB radios.</p><p></p><p>The Codan brand of HF radios do much the same and are made here in Oz. Older radios had big, thick brown or black antennas with "tap" sockets all the way up the stem. You change frequency by plugging a lead and banana plug into the different sockets. Each hole has a frequency stamped on it, such as 2020, 4425, 8022, 10180 etc. Those are the USB (upper single-sideband) channel frequencies in kHz. They used to use Flying Doctor channels but now use "Land Mobile" HF radio club channels blonging to HF Radio Club or VKS-737 Radio Club. </p><p></p><p>DavidH</p><p>Sydney</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gedanate, post: 137451, member: 4536"] Absolutely spot on! It is a Barrett "screwdriver" type HF antenna, made in the UK. It makes the antenna resonate (tune) anywhere between 1.6 MHz and 30MHz. The radios are normally more than $4000 new and have to be licensed by the ACMA, who will issue you with a radio call-sign. They are NOT ham (Amateur Radio) or CB radios. The Codan brand of HF radios do much the same and are made here in Oz. Older radios had big, thick brown or black antennas with "tap" sockets all the way up the stem. You change frequency by plugging a lead and banana plug into the different sockets. Each hole has a frequency stamped on it, such as 2020, 4425, 8022, 10180 etc. Those are the USB (upper single-sideband) channel frequencies in kHz. They used to use Flying Doctor channels but now use "Land Mobile" HF radio club channels blonging to HF Radio Club or VKS-737 Radio Club. DavidH Sydney [/QUOTE]
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